Transforming people and Clare communities is the 'aim of the game' of new project
Awards of up to €2,000 up for grabs for applicants
ENABLING creativity in every Clare community is the aim of one local project, now open for applications.
Clare County Council is inviting applications to the Creative Communities Project Award, previously known as the Creative Ireland Project Award, for communities working with creative practitioners.
The award is funded by Creative Ireland, an all-of-government culture and wellbeing programme, with an ambition to inspire and transform people, places, and communities through creativity.
The aim of the Clare County Council Creative Communities Project Award is to support projects that develop and support creativity in communities across one of four strategic themes:
* to enrich communities
* to celebrate sense of place and belonging including the Irish language
* to promote creative climate action & biodiversity
* to strengthen & develop Creative Ireland’s impact in County Clare
Welcoming the announcement, Helen Walsh, of Clare County Council, said: “It is our vision to ensure that the people of Clare can discover and have access to cultural expression through creative activity. Our aim is to support creative projects that reflect our evolving communities through projects that are shaped around the need and interests of our changing demographic.”
Application can be submitted through an application form until the closing date of Monday, February 19.
Awards of up to €2000 are available to support projects that will develop bodies of creative work in the community with a public engagement.